About the WIPO Judicial Institute and the WIPO IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector
The WIPO Judicial Institute works to strengthen judiciaries as part of the IP and innovation ecosystems in Member States. It fosters transnational dialogue on IP for the judicial community; conducts targeted studies to promote in-depth understanding of topics of relevance to the global IP judiciary; provides education and resources for IP judges, and through WIPO Lex, contributes to the wider availability of legal knowledge on IP-related treaties, laws, and judicial decisions.
The WIPO Judicial Institute is part of WIPO’s IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, which supports Member States in developing their IP and innovation ecosystems to drive economic growth.
The IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector’s work also includes:
•support for researchers, innovators, and enterprises, including small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);
•IP commercialization for business growth;
•emergence of IP as an asset class;
•development of advisory expertise on national IP strategies;
•economic analysis on the role IP plays in promoting innovation and creativity; and
•strengthening alternative dispute resolution and the services provided by the Arbitration and Mediation Center.